hinderance

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In that case, the Miranda & having the suspect clam up would be a hinderance.

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Quick take

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

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The clearest senses and uses of hinderance gathered in one view.

noun

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

noun

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

noun

the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hinderance.

noun

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

See also: hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap

noun

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

noun

the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

Example sentences

In that case, the Miranda & having the suspect clam up would be a hinderance.

These actions may stop some of their growth, but should not be a hinderance to anyone complaining here.

Beyond that I've found the lack of structure and third-party applications in Flask to be a hinderance for more mature sites.

However, for the kind of projects the marketing team handles, that sort of organization would be more of a hinderance.

" The times I have seen an architect be unproductive or a hinderance it was a job title for "someone who spends all their time telling other people how to code.

I can understand it doesn't suit all problems, and can potentially be a hinderance sometimes, but that is the same for ANY methodology/practice.

So our terminology expanded to cover abstract digital entities, but that doesn't make it a hinderance to our intuition.

Anecdotally, this seems to be a serious hinderance in the American primary and secondary systems: student sees a setback and deduces he simply isn't "smart enough to study math" and this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy through the mechanisms described in this article.